A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares | Deep Look

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  • Dragonflies might rule the skies, but their babies grow up underwater in a larva-eat-larva world. Luckily for them, they have a killer lip that snatches prey, Alien-style, at lightning speed.
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    If adult dragonflies are known to be precise hunters, capable of turning on a dime and using their almost-360-degree vision to nab mosquitoes and flies in midair, their dragon-looking babies are even more fearsome.
    Dragonflies and damselflies lay their eggs in water. After they hatch, their larvae, also known as nymphs, spend months or years underwater growing wings on their backs.
    Without those versatile four wings that adults use to chase down prey, nymphs rely on a mouthpart they shoot out. It’s like a long, hinged arm that they keep folded under their head and it’s eerily similar to the snapping tongue-like protuberance the alien shoots out at Ripley in the sci-fi movie Aliens.
    A nymph’s eyesight is almost as precise as an adult dragonfly’s and when they spot something they want to eat, they extrude this mouthpart, called a labium, to engulf, grab, or impale their next meal and draw it back to their mouth. Only dragonfly and damselfly nymphs have this special mouthpart.
    “It’s like a built-in spear gun,” said Kathy Biggs, the author of guides to the dragonflies of California and the greater Southwest.
    With their labium, nymphs can catch mosquito larvae, worms and even small fish and tadpoles.
    “It’s obviously an adaptation to be a predator underwater, where it’s not easy to trap things,” said Dennis Paulson, a dragonfly biologist retired from the University of Puget Sound.
    Also known among biologists as a “killer lip,” the labium comes in two versions. There’s the spork-shaped labium that scoops up prey, and a flat one with a pair of pincers on the end that can grab or impale aquatic insects.
    -- How many years have dragonflies been around?
    Dragonflies have been around for 320 million years, said Ed Jarzembowski, who studies fossil dragonflies at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology. That means they were here before the dinosaurs.
    -- How big did dragonflies used to be?
    Prehistoric dragonflies had a wingspan of 0.7 meters (almost 28 inches). That’s the wingspan of a small hawk today.
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  • @Xengoku
    @Xengoku Před 6 lety +3212

    Seeing that Mosquito larva get eaten was most satisfying.

  • @winstonthegorilla2k232
    @winstonthegorilla2k232 Před 6 lety +1937

    I didn't know dragonfly's eat mosquitoes.
    Now I love em.

  • @harunlisic
    @harunlisic Před 6 lety +774

    I always thought it’s a mini helicopter

    • @hardeepbabhauri7379
      @hardeepbabhauri7379 Před 4 lety +6

      Its local name in india

    • @_hashir_6739
      @_hashir_6739 Před 4 lety +4

      @@hardeepbabhauri7379 yeah, in Pakistan too

    • @edhernandez4344
      @edhernandez4344 Před 4 lety +3

      In México, some people actually just know them as "helicopters" lol

    • @darling7532
      @darling7532 Před 3 lety

      There is slot of dragon fly here lol

    • @thatonequietartist8470
      @thatonequietartist8470 Před 3 lety +4

      Well, actually the idea if helicopter was appeared from dragonflies. :D (but seriously, this is true).

  • @archiveofyass
    @archiveofyass Před 6 lety +375

    Omg they are smiling, I'm CANT STOP SMILING.

  • @redamber483
    @redamber483 Před 6 lety +470

    they eat mosquitoes.
    they are my favorite insects now

    • @leotrace9158
      @leotrace9158 Před 4 lety +5

      But I don't want them to be extinct though, because they lived longer than the Dinasour or the Dinasour era.

    • @mazadancoseben4818
      @mazadancoseben4818 Před 3 lety +1

      @@leotrace9158 ,indeed.They are important for the ecosystem

    • @cometcal7387
      @cometcal7387 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mazadancoseben4818 That's something I can laugh at.

    • @ChupeTTe
      @ChupeTTe Před rokem

      Swallows: am i a joke to you?

  • @nemonobody4747
    @nemonobody4747 Před 6 lety +417

    They forgot to mention that they can also move each wing individually, precisely, and all simultaneously. Now that's the zenith of natural engineering.

    • @Nico-dt5hu
      @Nico-dt5hu Před 5 lety +2

      NEMO NOBODY i don’t know what zenith means.... but! i’ll just say it’s the new fortnite skin.

    • @aybeem
      @aybeem Před 5 lety +8

      @@Nico-dt5hu the top of the top, zenith would be the glossed finish or final form

    • @Lemonade748
      @Lemonade748 Před 5 lety +2

      But they did talk about that

    • @yodthegreenlittlegroblin6794
      @yodthegreenlittlegroblin6794 Před 5 lety

      NEMO NOBODY e

  • @anthonyfejeran1891
    @anthonyfejeran1891 Před 4 lety +114

    We need way more of them skeeter eaters.

  • @theawkwarduck4163
    @theawkwarduck4163 Před 6 lety +324

    0:55 I love his scientific name 😂

    • @robertvasquez1845
      @robertvasquez1845 Před 4 lety +35

      Longpenis😂😭

    • @luvely._.nate01
      @luvely._.nate01 Před 3 lety +29

      “Longipennis” 😂

    • @Sournale
      @Sournale Před 3 lety +4

      Theawkwarduck pennies?

    • @jelenaharju9990
      @jelenaharju9990 Před 3 lety +1

      I thank that is an the mudeye or larvae dragonfly and nymph dragonfly..... :/
      So larvae eat larvae :/

    • @SarukoKun
      @SarukoKun Před 3 lety +3

      Bc of da tail HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

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    @pbsvoices Před 6 lety +2394

    Thanks Deep Look. I'm never sleeping again.

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      @sator6754 Před 6 lety +10

      Nvm, i cried

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      @silversuchomimus Před 6 lety +2

      If all humanity saw this most will die from lack of sleep

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    @hotpotato1749 Před 6 lety +881

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  • @kristinejade97
    @kristinejade97 Před 6 lety +113

    I was just casually watching the video when an actual dragonfly suddenly flew beside my pc. I had to scream

    • @digstrememcdingus1463
      @digstrememcdingus1463 Před 4 lety +9

      I bet the dragonfly was like 'You rang?'

    • @eVill420
      @eVill420 Před 4 lety +8

      Dragonflies are the best idk what u screamin about

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 Před 4 lety

      Do you scream when you're happy, whenever a slight coincidence occurs, or just everytime you see a dragonfly by a PC?
      😏

  • @i.r.3016
    @i.r.3016 Před 5 lety +167

    0:58 Lol the blue dragonfly stepped on the red dragonfly's wing

    • @Tabak419
      @Tabak419 Před 5 lety +3

      mmm.. It actually tried to mate...

    • @sagerotusj7504
      @sagerotusj7504 Před 4 lety +8

      Blue dragonfly got beef with red dragonfly and nobody knows why 🤔🤔

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 Před 4 lety +11

      @@sagerotusj7504 It's the Crypts hoverin' up on the Bloods.
      They be Gangstaflys.

    • @spacetacos7574
      @spacetacos7574 Před 3 lety +1

      Bloods and the crips

    • @kukulroukul4698
      @kukulroukul4698 Před 2 lety

      @@sagerotusj7504 if you try to catch them , blue dragonflies rarely bites your finger but the red ones ? The red ones have jaws

  • @thebananamelon5065
    @thebananamelon5065 Před 6 lety +305

    They eat Mosquitos? Bring back the two foot long Dragon Fly!

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg Před 6 lety +21

      The Banana Melon No because they would eat something useful like bees and hummingbirds 😦

    • @vshatriya5254
      @vshatriya5254 Před 6 lety +5

      fenrirgg
      They can’t kill all bees but could still get a couple and i think hummingbirds can be faster than a large insect

    • @deezee6139
      @deezee6139 Před 6 lety +4

      Then they would eat babies

    • @lkajsdflkasjdf1597
      @lkajsdflkasjdf1597 Před 6 lety +7

      Im fine with more normal sized Dragon Flies.

    • @brianwyters2150
      @brianwyters2150 Před 5 lety +2

      They absorb oxygen through their skin and since the oxygen concentration dropped, these would die from asphyxiation.

  • @sgrpwz
    @sgrpwz Před 4 lety +159

    "a baby dragonflys mouth will give you nightmares"
    Me: Welp it's the middle of the night, WhY nOt

    • @feterfarker.
      @feterfarker. Před 3 lety +3

      "a baby dragonflys mouth will give you nightmares"
      Me seeing it eating mosquito larvas: Its a dream come true

    • @cwazy_coquitlamdd6507
      @cwazy_coquitlamdd6507 Před 2 lety +1

      yeah me too XD
      i was like HeY iT's ThE pErFeCt TiMe To WaTcH tHiS

  • @Bluedell89
    @Bluedell89 Před 6 lety +84

    I’m so happy I found this channel, the production quality and all the facts are just so perfectly laid out. Keep up the good work!

  • @AnimeOtakuDesuu
    @AnimeOtakuDesuu Před 6 lety +353

    Yeah, you eat those Mosquito larvae to your hearts' content Dragonflies. Wipe em' out!!1!1

    • @avvu9043
      @avvu9043 Před 6 lety +8

      Keith@tidbithoughts but would that wipe out the dragonfly because they don't have anymore food.

    • @MM-hy3xv
      @MM-hy3xv Před 6 lety +18

      Av Vu They eat other insects too

    • @avvu9043
      @avvu9043 Před 6 lety

      M & M yea but the mosquito are the most abundant and some dragonfly species only eat or rely heavily on mosquito.

  • @theniii
    @theniii Před 6 lety +609

    Imagine gaming with both hands and having your lip do the eating for you. I'm jealous.

    • @KokoroKatsura
      @KokoroKatsura Před 5 lety +1

      A N I M E
      N
      I
      M
      E

    • @IdiotToonz
      @IdiotToonz Před 5 lety +10

      I *_can_* eat with only my mouth so......^~^

    • @thefallenleaf8029
      @thefallenleaf8029 Před 4 lety +7

      @@IdiotToonz they mean that they would like their lips to pick up food by themselves and eat it

    • @thefallenleaf8029
      @thefallenleaf8029 Před 4 lety +6

      @theni I agree, it would make gaming while eating so easier, but it would look weird af xD

    • @IdiotToonz
      @IdiotToonz Před 4 lety +3

      @@thefallenleaf8029 oh you mean like not moving your head at all? Well I can't do THAT.

  • @ragingsaviorkami9862
    @ragingsaviorkami9862 Před 3 lety +5

    People get very sad when they learn the fact that such beautiful creatures that dragonflies are live mostly about 24 hours, sometimes more, but they don't know the fact that their larvae can live up to 5 years underwater and devour everything that moves.

  • @cruzechevy3485
    @cruzechevy3485 Před 4 lety +18

    I always loved dragonflies. That's a good dragonflies, that's a good boy

  • @SoZ1646
    @SoZ1646 Před 6 lety +488

    Their Spanish name is "Caballitos del Diablo", meaning Devil's little horses.

  • @nannaleifa
    @nannaleifa Před 6 lety +414

    If they ate mosquito larvae, I'm perfectly okay with that. They should eat more! I hate mosquito that much.

    • @andy-the-gardener
      @andy-the-gardener Před 6 lety +5

      Nanna Leifa mosquitos are not common or even absent in ponds with healthy numbers of predators, esp water boatmen, dragonfly larvae and fish. Mosquito larvae prefer stagnent water, or small containers, gutters, water butts etc that do not have predators living in them.

    • @justsomecat4675
      @justsomecat4675 Před 6 lety +1

      Malaria is gonna go extinct

    • @Gamma_Radiation
      @Gamma_Radiation Před 6 lety +3

      Just Some Cat is that so bad?

    • @blackpink2ne1andbtsforever64
      @blackpink2ne1andbtsforever64 Před 5 lety +6

      Nanna Leifa
      Yeah. I agree. And mosquitos are the most dangerous animals on earth.

    • @ultradragon999
      @ultradragon999 Před 5 lety +3

      Yup they carry god who knows what kinda diseases

  • @schtinky1151
    @schtinky1151 Před 6 lety +23

    Yoooo. Imagine how big these dudes would be 300 million years ago. No pond would be safe.

    • @heyitsankita7221
      @heyitsankita7221 Před 4 lety +4

      They were much much more larger in size in comparison to what they are at the present. Some were even expected to feed on smaller animals of their size so basically carnivorous. Thankfully they became extinct a long time back. What is left now are their enormous fossils which gives us an idea about how big they were.

    • @kari7403
      @kari7403 Před 4 lety

      Yeah, trying to picture baby larvae of those giant dragonfly ancestors. I imagine they were tye stuff of nightmares.
      But, I wonder if you could have ate them like lobster, crayfish, or crabs. Water bugs n all that.

  • @Kxre_
    @Kxre_ Před 5 lety +86

    Nobody:
    CZcams Algorithm: Yo you wanna see a baby dragonfly's mouth?

  • @boy638
    @boy638 Před 6 lety +78

    0:25 aww it's like smiling :)

    • @sweetjaysus4507
      @sweetjaysus4507 Před 6 lety +7

      good eye! It looks like a cute version of Imperfect Cell from Dragon Ball Z

  • @Dryaspis
    @Dryaspis Před 6 lety +25

    They eat mosquito babies???? MY HEROES!!!!!

  • @a_true_generic_gamer1104
    @a_true_generic_gamer1104 Před 3 lety +3

    Lauren's voice is so soothing. Makes me enjoy binge-watching these.

  • @cvf4ever
    @cvf4ever Před 6 lety +10

    0:57 "IT CAN STOP ON A DIME, MARIO!"

  • @kiky436
    @kiky436 Před 6 lety +189

    I hope these larva dragonflies can help to reduce the population of the mosquitoes especially the dangerous one.

    • @TheMoonsFinalityK423_
      @TheMoonsFinalityK423_ Před 5 lety +1

      You mean Aedes Aegypti?

    • @reieben886
      @reieben886 Před 5 lety +8

      Its not all the fault of mosquitoes tho, what causing dengue fever and malaria is a parasite called Plasmodium the mosquitoes is only carrier

    • @KokoroKatsura
      @KokoroKatsura Před 5 lety

      g l o p
      l
      o
      p

    • @DemanaJaire
      @DemanaJaire Před 4 lety +3

      BroItzAki
      But mosquitos are still to be blame for spreading it. Bed bugs for that matter do not spread any diseases, because of the way their mouth works.

    • @theworthysoul
      @theworthysoul Před 2 lety +3

      @@DemanaJaire while we should manage the disease or the mosquitoes depending which is better, the mosquitoes don’t have any idea that they’re infecting their hosts and all they’re concerned about is using blood to make eggs. Because of that, hopefully we can manage the disease themselves.

  • @thebush6077
    @thebush6077 Před 6 lety +58

    so uh, who else just found out dragonflys can bend their bodies like that

    • @combrider
      @combrider Před 6 lety +1

      Celery Skeleton Well, they also do that when they mate. Male hold female after mating. Without bending it's body it would be slightly difficult to do that and fly at same time. ;-) They do that to prevent further mating with other males.

  • @eliseheartless4636
    @eliseheartless4636 Před 5 lety +22

    0:42
    *People with Trypophobia left the chat*

  • @Bismuth83X
    @Bismuth83X Před 8 měsíci +2

    Dragonflies are some of the weirdest, coolest insects in the world. Nature is incredible.

  • @seamuscallaghan8851
    @seamuscallaghan8851 Před 6 lety +48

    We have a small artificial pond. This year, it was full of both tadpoles and dragonfly nymphs. They coexisted for a while, but eventually the nymphs got so big that they started eating the tadpoles. It was a gruesome sight.

    • @mochiboni2560
      @mochiboni2560 Před 5 lety +11

      Yeesh... I guess... they knew what the tadpole would've grown into so it's either eat or be eaten.

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    This channel is amazing and I'm so glad that I found it

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      @SCHIJTERBAAS Před 6 lety +2

      me too

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  • @makaroniukaskiukas1197
    @makaroniukaskiukas1197 Před 4 lety +1

    I adore Dragonflies. I loved them since I was little. They were always so fascinating to me! And now that I know they eat mosquitoes..I love them even more!!

  • @lysekroneminus6637
    @lysekroneminus6637 Před 5 lety +6

    Imagine if you where a baby dragonfly and all your friend get out of the pond in like 3 months and you just sit there for years and they always make fun of you like, «You still rely on your cradle?»
    Its basically like being late to puberty,

    • @lienem8587
      @lienem8587 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, thats when you said: it's because im waiting for your children ;)
      And this can also be applied in real life too, how delightful

  • @enessensation
    @enessensation Před 6 lety +388

    2:58 do you see that larva bleeding

  • @FuadShaqiri
    @FuadShaqiri Před 6 lety +54

    I always found dragonfly's amazing everytime time I saw them in the wild, but I never saw them this closeup and with this much detail, this was wonderful, the way you shot them, and the editing, and the narration, and the music, everything was perfect in this video as always, you never disappoint, this channel is epic, keep doing more.

  • @essentialoilsme
    @essentialoilsme Před 6 lety +16

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  • @arnonjanuellaurente6135
    @arnonjanuellaurente6135 Před 4 lety +1

    Mosquito Larva: Hello fellow larva, wh-
    Dragonfly baby: *c r u n c h*

  • @DrBLOOD1995
    @DrBLOOD1995 Před 6 lety +77

    I wonder if it's possible to buy dragonfly eggs and put them in every water spot in the summer in order to eat mosquitos larva. This could be a natural way to deal with them without extra damages.

    • @gabrielaquiros1966
      @gabrielaquiros1966 Před 6 lety +26

      Hi DrBLOOD. I produced this episode of Deep Look and the same thing occurred to me. Mosquito abatement districts will give pond owners mosquitofish to put in their backyard ponds. But they don't give out dragonfly eggs or larvae. Thank you for watching! --Gabriela

    • @TheShapingSickness
      @TheShapingSickness Před 6 lety +1

      This would be artificial too haha

    • @Jin-cj3gl
      @Jin-cj3gl Před 5 lety +8

      it IS a natural way to fend off mosquitos but the introduction of dragonflies into a new territory isn't a natural thing that happen so easily. most of the time, it's not beneficial. What I'm sayin' is, if it escapes, it might be an invasive species.

    • @MillerJustinFS
      @MillerJustinFS Před 3 lety

      @@Jin-cj3gl No way, dragonflies are awesome. They are actually closer to endangered than invasive in most places. They only lay eggs as an adult, which is only for 6-8 months, but the larva take years to grow into adults. They eat flies and mosquitoes, the most annoying pests, so who wouldn't want them?

    • @theworthysoul
      @theworthysoul Před 2 lety

      Only in places where they are a problem though, and with native dragonflies. It’d be damaging to do it in places with harmless or non-biting mosquitoes.

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    @junevillalon4193 Před 6 lety +3

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  • @laurie2735
    @laurie2735 Před 5 lety +11

    A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares
    Me: Clickes

  • @edwardnacion6885
    @edwardnacion6885 Před 6 lety +671

    please do earthworms

  • @iostrava9451
    @iostrava9451 Před 6 lety +38

    Awesome video, this makes me appreciate damselfly larvae because they kill baby mosquitoes

  • @watakashe6072
    @watakashe6072 Před 4 lety +1

    Dragonflies are criminally underrated

  • @MrPollfer
    @MrPollfer Před 5 lety +4

    I kinda like the Blue Dasher's scientific name; Pachydiplax Longipennis! 😂 OMG! 😂😭

  • @monkeyhue4099
    @monkeyhue4099 Před 6 lety +13

    The mouth gave me both nightmares and inspiration. Great video!

  • @LilianaGarcia-hu1sr
    @LilianaGarcia-hu1sr Před 6 lety +110

    dragonflies are so cool!!!

  • @happy__human
    @happy__human Před 2 lety +3

    I am so thankful that knowledge like this keeps coming to me. Trust me, nature is extremely underrated!

  • @peridot7xd911
    @peridot7xd911 Před 4 lety +13

    "Let's hope it stays this way for a few million years"
    2045: *gonna have to stop you right there*

    • @vampyynightcore7354
      @vampyynightcore7354 Před 3 lety

      You cloddy smartyy....Yeahh

    • @lei965
      @lei965 Před 3 lety

      People from 2045 gee I never knew dragon flys were that small

  • @tinaflintstone8148
    @tinaflintstone8148 Před 6 lety +37

    I love how you are able to film things close-up and clearly - things that I would otherwise not see at all. This is magnificently wonderful! Thank you!

  • @AleksandrMotsjonov
    @AleksandrMotsjonov Před 6 lety +20

    When I was a little and I was going to a pond to catch mosquito larvas as food for many aquarium fish we had. Once I brought this monster home and put into the aquarium. I remember this lower jar shooting forward. I remember transparent body it had. It lived there for some time. I really enjoyed watching it feed. Thank you for bringing these memories =)

  • @maikomarx
    @maikomarx Před 6 lety +1

    The perfect organism. I admire its purity.

  • @teimkev5765
    @teimkev5765 Před 4 lety +1

    Darner:darn it can't get mosquito larvae

  • @bugloverspiderlover8490
    @bugloverspiderlover8490 Před 6 lety +26

    I've raised a few dragonfly nymphs before,cool creatures!

    • @bugloverspiderlover8490
      @bugloverspiderlover8490 Před 6 lety +5

      +LagiNaLangAko23 no,wild caught.there is a pond by my house where I find them.

    • @User-es2yz
      @User-es2yz Před 6 lety +4

      LagiNaLangAko23 dragonfly nymphs are real easy to find, they usually just go along the bottom looking for food.

  • @rodolfomaldonado8423
    @rodolfomaldonado8423 Před 6 lety +55

    Dragonflies bite really hard, it's really surprising

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull Před 6 lety +4

      Rodolfo Maldonado
      Really? Have you tried?

    • @LiamTheVillain
      @LiamTheVillain Před 6 lety +4

      How'd you manage to get bit by a dragonfly?

    • @rodolfomaldonado8423
      @rodolfomaldonado8423 Před 6 lety +2

      LiamTheVillain grabbed it by the wings and let it bite me

    • @TheCimbrianBull
      @TheCimbrianBull Před 6 lety +3

      +Rodolfo Maldonado
      I'm curious to know why you would voluntarily let yourself get bitten?

    • @rodolfomaldonado8423
      @rodolfomaldonado8423 Před 6 lety +6

      TheCimbrianBull i was a kid, and just wanted to find out.

  • @Hyurno
    @Hyurno Před 6 lety +105

    Reminds me of my ex boyfriend

    • @WilliamFarge
      @WilliamFarge Před 5 lety +6

      What

    • @72streeting
      @72streeting Před 5 lety +11

      I dont understand if this is a dirty joke or a literal fact

    • @72streeting
      @72streeting Před 3 lety +5

      @King_CRIMSON Jr. why'd you reply to a comment I made a year ago

    • @72streeting
      @72streeting Před 3 lety +6

      @King_CRIMSON Jr. ok.

    • @sauce8148
      @sauce8148 Před 3 lety +3

      @@72streeting cool

  • @andreiasandru4680
    @andreiasandru4680 Před 5 lety +2

    These videos are so interesting, such high quality content. I'm loving this channel.

  • @georgeofhamilton
    @georgeofhamilton Před 6 lety +43

    2:54 A flesh-eating monster with an extendable pincer mouth brutally stabs and eats a baby alive.

  • @JoaoFerreira-fx3xp
    @JoaoFerreira-fx3xp Před 6 lety +91

    Xenomorph dragonflies woot!

  • @dfox6222
    @dfox6222 Před 6 lety

    Even though their mouths are terrifying af, dragonflies will always be one of my favorite Insects. :D

  • @-jalena-5512
    @-jalena-5512 Před 4 lety

    I am happy that you made a video of Dragonflies! Before me, I had a baby brother (Which is not a baby now :-), He's about 16 now?) Who died of disease carried by a mosquito, He could've lived IN the hospital if my Mom didn't let go. But she saw how he was suffering and didn't want to see it anymore, So she spent his last hours at home. At his burial, It was fall when we buried him. Weirdly enough, Dragonflies we're all over his coffin. My Dad shoo-ed them away but we have a suspicion that whenever we see just a unusually small dragonfly, We think it's him visiting us every now and then. :)
    Thanks if you read this whole thing. :O

  • @allensmith2342
    @allensmith2342 Před 6 lety +66

    The quality of the videos so far has convinced me to sign up for curiosity stream. Hope I get to view more of such content there.

  • @thehighqualitycat9512
    @thehighqualitycat9512 Před 6 lety +56

    Good god

  • @ramonbriones4487
    @ramonbriones4487 Před 2 lety

    Loving that snapping sound when it launches its lip

  • @PyroBlitz
    @PyroBlitz Před 4 lety

    I like dragonflys, but now knowing they eat masquitos no matter if they are a baby nymph and an adult, I love them even more.

  • @toomuchforanything3274
    @toomuchforanything3274 Před 6 lety +14

    Hmm why don't we just put dragon fly larvae in water where mosquitoes put their larvae in

  • @lolomaniac7041
    @lolomaniac7041 Před 6 lety +8

    love your work

  • @makaylawillie7462
    @makaylawillie7462 Před 5 lety +3

    3:00
    HER:for...ME:ever HER:a few million more years

  • @venomoosss
    @venomoosss Před 4 lety +19

    When I was a child I used to tie a thread to dragonfly and fly it like a kite ,had I only known

    • @AfroMan187
      @AfroMan187 Před 4 lety +3

      How on earth did you manage to do that

    • @again7pyms
      @again7pyms Před 4 lety

      omg we as kids did that too... but now all grown, I think it was soo cruel of us...

    • @jbonceu2457
      @jbonceu2457 Před 2 lety

      @@AfroMan187 They're actually relatively
      easy to catch by their wings if they are resting and if you are fast enough

  • @cereilsilvaire9605
    @cereilsilvaire9605 Před 6 lety +44

    I used to capture these guys and put them in a bottle with tadpoles, I'd just watch em eat all of em. . . I know twas an evil thing to do but was a child and I found it cool.

    • @vshatriya5254
      @vshatriya5254 Před 6 lety

      me too! :D i still do it today

    • @squiggles7544
      @squiggles7544 Před 5 lety

      SAME

    • @yunhin9631
      @yunhin9631 Před 5 lety +1

      It's not evil, it's the circle of life, more specifically the food chain, it's completely normal

    • @PullingYourStrings
      @PullingYourStrings Před 5 lety +1

      If you put a few of them together without food.... it might end up like the cannibalistic hunger games.

    • @bullymaguire6722
      @bullymaguire6722 Před 5 lety +1

      That's evil

  • @aestheticgirl9467
    @aestheticgirl9467 Před 5 lety +6

    If you're still awake and you think I'm just going to watch a random video to fall a sleep and you clicked on this one...
    Uhmm mom? I can't really sleep..

  • @guysolis5843
    @guysolis5843 Před 2 lety +1

    Insects are so weird and fascinating, I just started to get into Jumping spiders but great quality on this shortie..

  • @mico_lodeon9116
    @mico_lodeon9116 Před 6 lety

    I made sure to finish the ads before the vid. Your channel deserves more subscriptions and views and funds! ☺ keep it up!

  • @Feetfetishman
    @Feetfetishman Před 6 lety +9

    oh god its moving its head.

  • @tlkgrimlock3038
    @tlkgrimlock3038 Před 6 lety +4

    This is the kind of homework I want, to watch deep look videos

  • @shradhakhe2519
    @shradhakhe2519 Před 4 lety +1

    These videos are so good. Perfect quality, educative narration. This is my all time favourite channel. ♥️ It

  • @Loratusk
    @Loratusk Před 4 lety +1

    Ok I need to get thousands of dragonflies and a pond

  • @whyredrum9452
    @whyredrum9452 Před 6 lety +12

    "Dragonflies have almost 360 degree vision"
    How do I keep catching them

  • @OmegaMegalodon
    @OmegaMegalodon Před 6 lety +3

    if only humans evolved this kind of mouth piece, all of us here will be very awesome looking!

  • @paigeswan7768
    @paigeswan7768 Před 6 lety +2

    I once saw one dangling from a spider web still alive, I got it down and cut the spider web from the wings and saved it (:

  • @daisymay6505
    @daisymay6505 Před 4 lety

    I LOVE Dragon flies, so pretty ☺️

  • @eydeeyan8492
    @eydeeyan8492 Před 5 lety +4

    0:40 That's my teacher's face

  • @NotTylerT
    @NotTylerT Před 6 lety +3

    Quality is amazing geez

  • @anonymously3759
    @anonymously3759 Před 3 lety

    My boi Dragon fly larvae working as a mosquito pesticides
    Keep up the good work bruh👍

  • @ariannajackson1297
    @ariannajackson1297 Před 5 lety

    NOW I LOVE DRAGON FLYS ALTHOUGH I STILL LOVED THEM BEFORE I WATCHED THIS BUT NOW I LOVE THEM MORE!

  • @tomatotom984
    @tomatotom984 Před 6 lety +4

    Welp gonna release dragonflies at my place

    • @MM-hy3xv
      @MM-hy3xv Před 6 lety +2

      Tomato Tom I did that. I have a small pond in my backyard with tons of mosquitos in it. So I caught a bunch of dragonfly babies and put them in there, my mosquito problem disapeared almost instantly

    • @tomatotom984
      @tomatotom984 Před 6 lety +3

      M & M plus you get beautiful and majestic insects to live near you

  • @kizanko
    @kizanko Před 6 lety +3

    Hey Deep Look here's a interesting challenge, a video about the Synoeca septentrionalis also known as the Warrior Wasp or Drumming Wasp. I have never seen a high quality video about these rather intriguing and yet mysterious little monsters.

  • @kalebh3419
    @kalebh3419 Před 6 lety

    I once read a book on my back porch one evening and a dragonfly perched on the corner of my book and shuffled over to the next page every time i needed to turn to the next page, it also would occasionally fly over to my pool and pick at the drowned bugs on the surface and come back to the same spot! They're my favorite bugs

  • @xenny8907
    @xenny8907 Před 5 lety

    Deep look is an amazing channel great work guys!

  • @nishant2279
    @nishant2279 Před 6 lety +5

    This reminds me of an anime called PUPA

  • @andresantos7774
    @andresantos7774 Před 6 lety +7

    pls do praying mantis

    • @KQEDDeepLook
      @KQEDDeepLook  Před 6 lety +5

      If you insist! Stay tuned and I think you will be happy.

  • @seventeenthepheonix6281

    0:59
    Blue: Hey Freddie!
    Red: Oh, hi Samantha.

  • @n3wb1shness
    @n3wb1shness Před 6 lety

    Thank you baby dragonfly!

  • @yuruichibane6829
    @yuruichibane6829 Před 6 lety +4

    its giving me nightmares,the problem is that im still awake,haaalp me

  • @Jaxgotscared
    @Jaxgotscared Před 5 lety +4

    I watched a dragonfly give birth in mah pool-

  • @MarkJosephFTria
    @MarkJosephFTria Před 2 lety

    I really remeber when my mom and my brother and me always tries to get A dragon fly and release them after , its the most lovely memory i haved

  • @szebike
    @szebike Před 5 lety

    That whipping sound X'D I love this video.